'''Ingwë''' is the leader of the first Kindred of [[Elves]] called the [[Vanyar]] and the uncle of [[Indis]], wife of [[Finwë]].

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'''Ingwë''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiŋʷɡʷe]}}) is the leader of the first Kindred of [[Elves]] called the [[Vanyar]] and the uncle of [[Indis]], wife of [[Finwë]].

His name was loaned to the Vanyar, who also called themselves ''Ingwer''.

His name was loaned to the Vanyar, who also called themselves ''Ingwer''.

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Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngvi Yngvi] (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingaevones Ingaevones], a people mentioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus Tacitus] in his ''Germania'' as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngling House of Ynglings] and a name for the god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr Freyr]. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lfheim Álfheim].{{Pronounce|Ingwe.mp3|Ardamir}}

Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngvi Yngvi] (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingaevones Ingaevones], a people mentioned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus Tacitus] in his ''Germania'' as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yngling House of Ynglings] and a name for the god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr Freyr]. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lfheim Álfheim].{{Pronounce|Ingwe.mp3|Ardamir}}

Etymology

Other Versions of the Legendarium

In that early writing Inwë (or Ing) was instead the name of a mortal man, the "King of Lúthien" (also spelled "Leithian" or "Luthany"), who was driven east over the sea by Ossë and became ruler of the ancestors of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians. Eventually the Angles, Saxon, and Jutes returned to Lúthien, now long renamed as Britain.

Inspiration

Tolkien was here adapting traditions about a Germanic ancestral figure named Yngvi (also spelled "Ing", "Ingio", and "Ingui"). He is seen as an eponymous ancestor of the Ingaevones, a people mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania as one of the three divisions of the Germanic tribes. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi was the mythological ancestor of the Swedish House of Ynglings and a name for the god Freyr. Like Ingwë, Freyr was the lord of the Elves in Álfheim.